There's an extensive array of Architectural information available. If you have extensive knowledge or if being in Palm Springs has tweaked your Architectural interests take some time to research the styles and details you enjoy.
Here's a few websites we've found quite informative and useful in our continued quest for knowledge:
Palm Springs Preservation Foundation
National Trust of Historic Preservation
Society of Architectural Historians
Architectural International Database
We have several additional websites of interest if you'd like more information. Please feel free to contact us, or leave a comment below if you'd like any additional links we have that you might enjoy. Your local library is another wonderful resource.
Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Green Tip of the Week: Online Sustainable Materials Library
Ecolect: A Sustainable Materials Community
Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.
Ecolect is a combination of 'ecology' and 'intellect'. This is an extrodinary online group that is focused on being the largest, freely accesible sustainable materials library in the world.
Now it’s up to you, users and fellow designers, to take the site and run with it. That’s how Ecolect can remain a growing, as a relevant resource.
CLICK HERE to link to their site.
Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.
Christie's Great Estates Message from the President
Pacific Union is the exclusive luxury affiliate of Christie's Great Estates. Christie's Great Estates, a wholly owned subsidiary of Christie's, the world's oldest fine art auction house, was established in 1995 and is the largest network of real estate brokers dedicated to the marketing and sale of important properties. The network comprises more than 850 real estate offices and nearly 35,000 sales associates in more than 45 countries. The combined annual sales volume of all affiliate real estate companies is approximately $125 billion.
The Christie's name is synonymous with quality, integrity, and customer satisfaction, and the marketing efforts of Christie's and Christie's Great Estates provide far-reaching exposure to a qualified audience of homeowners and homebuyers. Christie's Great Estates is your best source for international luxury real estate and the most influential luxury real estate group in the world. Each office around the world has close affiliation and has spent time working with one another on numerous occasions.
Kay Coughlin, President & CEO of Christie's Great Estates, provides a brief overview of the company's proven services to successfully market and sell luxury real estate worldwide.
The Christie's name is synonymous with quality, integrity, and customer satisfaction, and the marketing efforts of Christie's and Christie's Great Estates provide far-reaching exposure to a qualified audience of homeowners and homebuyers. Christie's Great Estates is your best source for international luxury real estate and the most influential luxury real estate group in the world. Each office around the world has close affiliation and has spent time working with one another on numerous occasions.Kay Coughlin, President & CEO of Christie's Great Estates, provides a brief overview of the company's proven services to successfully market and sell luxury real estate worldwide.
Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.
Blogging
Well you're certainly reading one, but do you have one?
People in all age ranges are enjoying their time on the web that much more by creating blogs. It's their opportunity to have a location where they say everything on their mind or focused on an activity they enjoy or their career.
Blogger.com is an excellent example of a place you can go to create a free online blog. Use it with friends, family, clients, work...whatever you like. They give the user several templates in creating the look and feel, but everything is very simple. You can insert images or video and it's incredibly easy with help around every corner if needed.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions on creating blogs.
Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.
People in all age ranges are enjoying their time on the web that much more by creating blogs. It's their opportunity to have a location where they say everything on their mind or focused on an activity they enjoy or their career.
Blogger.com is an excellent example of a place you can go to create a free online blog. Use it with friends, family, clients, work...whatever you like. They give the user several templates in creating the look and feel, but everything is very simple. You can insert images or video and it's incredibly easy with help around every corner if needed.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions on creating blogs.
Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Canyon Country Club History
The Canyon Country Club is a gorgeous location in South Palm Springs. The club itself is currently going through a significant remodeling and branding effort. The new name you'll be seeing about town for the club is "Palm Springs National". Below is some incredibly informative details found on the Canyon Country Club website.
Prior to the club’s opening in 1961, developers had long coveted a 550-acre tract of Indian-owned land in southern Palm Springs. In 1960, after years of complicated negotiations with the Aqua Caliente Indian tribe, Harold Simon, a Palm Springs attorney, wrote the largest Indian land lease in American history. When the lease was signed, the plan for Canyon Country Club was crafted. Incidentally, the first name for the new club was to be “Wind Free.” But, several neighboring Coachella Valley communities objected to the name because of the comparison it made to “windy” development efforts.
Canyon Country Club consists of a stunning, modern clubhouse, designed by renowned architect Don Wexler, a leading contributor to the “Palm Springs Modern” genre, the club was destined from the start to be a magnet for the elite.
The starter shack had a red phone directly to the White House because President Johnson followed by Spiro Agnew spent two seasons at Canyon Country Club.
For more information CLICK HERE.
Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.
Prior to the club’s opening in 1961, developers had long coveted a 550-acre tract of Indian-owned land in southern Palm Springs. In 1960, after years of complicated negotiations with the Aqua Caliente Indian tribe, Harold Simon, a Palm Springs attorney, wrote the largest Indian land lease in American history. When the lease was signed, the plan for Canyon Country Club was crafted. Incidentally, the first name for the new club was to be “Wind Free.” But, several neighboring Coachella Valley communities objected to the name because of the comparison it made to “windy” development efforts.Canyon Country Club consists of a stunning, modern clubhouse, designed by renowned architect Don Wexler, a leading contributor to the “Palm Springs Modern” genre, the club was destined from the start to be a magnet for the elite.
The starter shack had a red phone directly to the White House because President Johnson followed by Spiro Agnew spent two seasons at Canyon Country Club.
For more information CLICK HERE.
Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Green Tip of the Week - Building Green TV
Building Green TV has created a very informative location to go for news, video and links to some incredibly interesting and worthy sites. An example of some of the videos they have is there segment on Living Roofs, which is included here...
For more information on Building Green TV CLICK HERE.
Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.
For more information on Building Green TV CLICK HERE.
Pacific Union GMAC Real Estate is the desert area's exclusive affiliate of Christie's Great Estates and serves the real estate needs of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells and La Quinta.
Local Prices Continue to Rise
Coachella Valley's decline not as big as county, other regions.
For full information on the article CLICK HERE.
Published in The Desert Sun: Michael Perrault Oct. 2, 2007
Home sales across the Coachella Valley fell 25 percent in August compared with the same month last year, though the median price edged up, a new report shows.
The valley wide median price rose to $390,000 in August, a 1 percent increase compared with August 2006, La Jolla-based real estate information firm DataQuick Information Systems reported Monday. In a separate report, the California Desert Association of Realtors and California Association of Realtors - which compiles monthly sales and price statistics somewhat differently from DataQuick - showed the valley's median price was up 6.4 percent from a year ago to $377,920, while sales volume tumbled 16.8 percent.
For full information on the article CLICK HERE.
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